Computational Nanosatellite Constellations: Opportunities and Challenges
Journal Article, GetMobile: Mobile Computing and Communications, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 16 - 23, March, 2021
Abstract
As rocket launch cadences increase, access to space rises dramatically - setting the stage for the next space industry surge. New, smaller, and less expensive satellites - now "nanosatellites" - can be deployed en masse to form constellations of hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of devices [27, 40, 41, 16, 17, 18, 43]. A constellation of nanosatellites equipped with sensors (e.g., visual or hyperspectral cameras, particle detectors, or magnetometers) and radios provides a first-time opportunity for orbital swarm sensing to synthesize data from the unique vantage point of low-Earth orbit (LEO).
BibTeX
@article{Lucia-2021-127871,author = {Brandon Lucia and Brad Denby and Zachary Manchester and Harsh Desai and Emily Ruppel and Alexei Colin},
title = {Computational Nanosatellite Constellations: Opportunities and Challenges},
journal = {GetMobile: Mobile Computing and Communications},
year = {2021},
month = {March},
volume = {25},
number = {1},
pages = {16 - 23},
}
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